Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: iio: adis16203: align MODULE_LICENSE with SPDX identifier

Greg KH
2026-04-02T11:27:19Z

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 11:41:09AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 04:24:56PM +0000, Sheng Kun Chang wrote:
> > The SPDX license identifier is GPL-2.0+ (GPL v2 or later) but
> > MODULE_LICENSE was set to "GPL v2" which indicates GPL v2 only.
> > Change to "GPL" which means GPL v2 or later, matching the SPDX
> > header.
>
> This description has nothing to do with the macro parameter. GPL is new,
> GPL v2 is just legacy alias.

As Andy says, this is not true at all, please read include/module.h for
the details. Both MODULE_LICENSE() strings mean the exact same thing,
please do not change it unless you are the original author of the code.

thanks,

greg k-h